Zend Avesta Part 01

SR No.: 007671
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Darmesteter
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1895
Total Pages: 2695
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 49 MB

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VENDÎDÂD.
fourth is the contract to the amount of an ox?; the fifth is the contract to the amount of a man ?; the sixth is the contract to the amount of a field 3, a field in good land, a fruitful one, in good bearing!
3 (13). The word-contract is fulfilled by words of mouth.
It is cancelled by the hand-contract; he shall give as damages the amount of the hand-contract.
4 (16). The hand-contract is cancelled by the sheep-contract; he shall give as damages the amount of the sheep-contract.
The sheep-contract is cancelled by the ox-contract; he shall give as damages the amount of the ox-contract.
The ox-contract is cancelled by the man-contract; he shall give as damages the amount of the mancontract.
The man-contract is cancelled by the field-contract; he shall give as damages the amount of the field-contract.
5 (24). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man break the word-contract, how many are involved in his sino ?
1.To the amount of 12 istirs (=48 dirhems)," (Comm.)
''To the amount of 500 dirhems.' The exact translation would be rather, 'The contract to the amount of a human being' (promise of marriage).
8Upwards of 500 istîrs.'
• A sort of gloss added to define more accurately the value of the object, and to indicate that it is greater than that of the preceding one.
o Literally, how much is involved? The joint responsibility of the family was a principle in the Persian law: 'Leges apud eos impendio formidatae, et abominandae aliae, per quas ob noxam unius omnis propinquitas perit' (Am. Marcellinus XXIII, 6).
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